Following publication of a photograph showing the former Police box at Scartho fork roundabout, several readers got in touch to shed some light on who was standing outside the station, along with a little of the history.

Liz Watson was shown the photograph by her uncle and reveals the man standing on the left was her late father, who passed away in April 1995 shortly after his 76th birthday.

Now living in Leyburn, North Yorkshire, she said: “The police constable standing in the doorway of the new “Police Box” is my father, Denis Topliss.

“The old style Dr Who police box was on Louth Road, beside the Methodist Church, where there are now iron railings, block paving and double yellow lines.

“My father joined Grimsby Borough Police on February 19, 1946, which later became Humberside Police.

“He retired on February 18, 1976.

“He joined after serving in the RAF from July 14, 1937 to January 4, 1946.

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